Back in 2013 while attending workshops at the
Empty Spools Seminars in
Asilomar, I had the good fortune to meet with
Elly Sienkeiwicz of Baltimore Album fame. At the time Elly was working on a reprint of her book
Spoken Without a Word adding in additional information in readiness for its 35th anniversary. We were given the opportunity to pre-purchase a copy accompanied by a signed bookplate.
It took quite a while, and at times I thought it would never arrive, but guess what? Here it is, in all it's splendour.
I still have to put in the bookplate, but patience paid off and I can now add this to my library.
Oh and here is another book added to my collection of applique inspirations. I received this one from a friend of mine this past Christmas. I guess it was to encourage me to get going on the William Morris sampler I have talked about for the past year.
Well I'm off to browse through these two gems. Till the next time
